http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog This blog seeks to raise public awareness of rankism. Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:48:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Peter Vajda has written Robert Fuller to point out that several bloggers in the professional world have recently taken up the subject of negativity, and he has written his own essay on how this negativity is manifested in the blogosphere. I'm curious as to whether there's a widespread belief that the ... http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/243 I just met Raines a few months ago, but it didn't take long to discover he's almost a Berkeley institution unto himself. There's only one thing to say to a Quaker-Jewish-Pastafarian-Pirate wedding - that was precisely the thing for Raines and his bride Betsy. I wish them luck and much ... http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/241 Check out the pictures from Robert Fuller's tour of Australia and New Zealand! I like the little spiky echidna. http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/242 A friend of mine, Fabrice Florin, has been putting together his new user-rated news site called NewsTrust for over a year. I participated in the beta, and I have to admit it gave me a special thrill to vote on whether I thought particular news sources were trustworthy and otherwise ... http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/239 Welcome to the third edition of the Carnival of Democracy and Dignity! I apologize for producing this edition very late - it's backdated to November 20th. I'm just going to post everything that was submitted, so here is what the bloggers themselves thought pertained to the topic of Democracy and Dignity: Intrepid ... http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/240 This weekend I'm attending the LaborTech conference in San Francisco. I've been excited about this all week. The goal of this conference is to put social media, video, web, and cellphone training into the hands of the people who most need it: the workers who are trying to contest the ... http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/237 The right to die with dignity is widely accepted. Can the right to live with dignity be far behind? http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/236 I'm shaking with anger right now. After a week of storm and stress, the Board of Trustees of the California State Univeristy system has vote to merely scale back the one-year-of-pay-for-no-work golden parachute for top Univesity administrators. Why do these scions of the super-privileged think they are entitled to a ... http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/235 I confess: I broke my vow to never, ever watch John Stossel last night in order to see all my worst fears confirmed about the way things really work. I watched Privilege in America, or yet another Nip/Tuck Ugly Betty Devil Wore Prada HOWL about how pretty rich people have ... http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/233 I was following up on exsimo2's Daily Kos diary on the pressure tactics the RIAA has been using against the soccer mom who fought back, and I realized there are some horrifying implications for privacy. This destruction of privacy has the power to reach out and touch YOU and YOUR ... http://www.breakingranks.net/weblog/archives/234